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Database Entry



CoinMiner


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c817ef3c31df344e57abea4fd4eb7765e42fcc616b17b5f962d9572d94c60ab3
SHA3-384 hash: 3b50051b197b4a5e8dc94a6778b41d067a7dd5d0c44a90cc39acbeb04cebeee3b057e5737bf3f4217410a8ac3c8cc7d2
SHA1 hash: ce0273965319a535ed1840fa558bfa1d29dd0543
MD5 hash: 976cca2e08f97157818b3f4ad595d084
humanhash: neptune-lactose-green-colorado
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature CoinMiner
File size:11'264 bytes
First seen:2026-06-08 21:59:53 UTC
Last seen:2026-06-09 17:11:04 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 42cf01d41ef6dc0627982490afc9cddd (82 x CoinMiner, 9 x Phorpiex)
ssdeep 192:g94so2WY9TBjx+efysJQPFJxTEZmFhS2cVRpE:gRoS9FwKWPFwZfpE
TLSH T1FE32191D7E450332E3A089F81879824B517C6233E797E3EFF733964A5A962448840EAF
TrID 39.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
21.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
8.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
8.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
6.4% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Bitsight
Tags:CoinMiner dropped-by-phorpiex exe


Avatar
Bitsight
url: http://178.16.54.109/2

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
707
# of downloads :
140
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
phorpiex
ID:
1
File name:
_c817ef3c31df344e57abea4fd4eb7765e42fcc616b17b5f962d9572d94c60ab3.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-06-08 22:05:50 UTC
Tags:
phorpiex botnet loader auto ip-check coinminer miner auto-reg winring0-sys vuln-driver generic stealer xmrig

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
phishing dropper trojan smtp
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Launching a process
Creating a service
Creating a file
Launching a service
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Creating a process with a hidden window
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Searching for synchronization primitives
Loading a system driver
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Connection attempt
Creating a window
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
Connecting to a non-recommended domain
Connection attempt to an infection source
Enabling autorun for a service
Launching a tool to kill processes
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm crypto fingerprint microsoft_visual_cc xor-url
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-06-08T19:11:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-06-10T11:41:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-08 22:01:37 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
20 of 24 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
phorpiex unc_stealer_015 unc_loader_055
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:needle_stealer family:phorphiex family:xmrig defense_evasion discovery execution loader miner persistence spyware stealer trojan worm
Behaviour
GoLang User-Agent
Kills process with taskkill
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Launches sc.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Creates new service(s)
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Stops running service(s)
Downloads MZ/PE file
Detects NeedleStealer payload
Family: NeedleStealer
Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Family: xmrig
XMRig Miner payload
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://178.16.55.240/x/
http://178.16.55.240/xx/
http://178.16.55.240/
http://130.12.180.190/5/
http://130.12.180.190/7/
http://130.12.180.190/12/
http://130.12.180.190/4/
http://130.12.180.190/2/
http://130.12.180.190/8/
http://130.12.180.135:3000/api/v2
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c817ef3c31df344e57abea4fd4eb7765e42fcc616b17b5f962d9572d94c60ab3
MD5 hash:
976cca2e08f97157818b3f4ad595d084
SHA1 hash:
ce0273965319a535ed1840fa558bfa1d29dd0543
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

CoinMiner

Executable exe c817ef3c31df344e57abea4fd4eb7765e42fcc616b17b5f962d9572d94c60ab3

(this sample)

  
Dropped by
Phorpiex
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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